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The KRI Nanggala-402 submarine and its crew in 2012 upon completing an overhaul and retrofit. M Risyal Hidayat/Antara Foto

Lessons Indonesia must learn from the Nanggala submarine tragedy

Indonesian defence planners need to assume the worst-case scenario of future weapon system accidents and account for the whole acquisition lifecycle in weapon system procurements.
This Warty Pig is part of a panel dated to more than 45,500 years in age. Basran Burhan/Griffith University

How climate change is erasing the world’s oldest rock art

The ancient cave paintings have only begun to tell us about the lives of the earliest people who lived in Australasia. The art is disappearing just as we are beginning to understand its significance.
Mobile traders, or pedagang along-along, in Langkat, Sumatra, were able to continue selling fish despite COVID-19 disruptions. Sharon K. Suri

How small‑scale seafood supply chains adapt to COVID‑19 disruptions

Local, flexible buyers and networks helped support small-scale seafood supply chains coping with COVID-19 disruptions.
A student from the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Australia performs the Jaranan Dance in Surabaya as part of the campus’s summer program in 2018. ANTARA FOTO/Moch Asim

Closure of Indonesian language programs in Australian universities will weaken ties between the two countries

When Australian universities cancel their language programs, they abandon their crucial role in promoting engagement with Indonesia. In the long run, ties between the two countries will suffer for it.
The ongoing tension between the US and China should encourage Indonesia to strengthen ties with nontraditional partners, like the Gulf states. Sekretariat Kabinet Republik Indonesia

4 key areas of cooperation for growing Indonesia and Gulf countries partnership

Key areas for cooperation between Indonesia and the Gulf countries are trade and investment, multilateralism, pandemic mitigation, and cultural exchange.
President Joko Widodo (foreground, second from right), flanked by then Vice President Jusuf Kalla, welcomes Afghan and Pakistani mullahs to the Trilateral Ulema Conference held at Bogor Palace in West Java, Indonesia. Wahyu Putro A/Antara Foto

Indonesia seeks nothing in return for its global peace and foreign aid efforts. It should

Indonesia needs to consider long-term engagement to produce deeper and more sustainable impacts.
Volunteers wearing protection suits carry posters to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the pandemic in Indonesia. ANTARA FOTO/Maulana Surya/foc.

After a year of living with coronavirus, Indonesia is going backward

Reversing the year-long trend all comes down to good policymaking, driven by data and research.
Customs officers confiscated illegal alcoholic products in Palu, Central Sulawesi, November 17, 2020. ANTARA FOTO/Mohamad Hamzah/foc.

Is Indonesia’s alcohol bill an appropriate public health measure?

If the Bill is passed without medical and psychological help and strategy, the Indonesia government might put those with alcohol dependency at a serious risk of harm from alcohol withdrawal symptoms.

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